How much did the US pay for the Louisiana Purchase and what did it entail?

Answer 1

The U.S. paid $15 million for the Louisiana Purchase from France. The U.S. got 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River. The U.S. got the following states such as Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota Oklahoma, South Dakota, and parts of Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, and Wyoming.